QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. May Investment Companies Roundup India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as has the Indian market. The global infrastructure indices reached a low in late March and have recovered from there. Having underperformed,...

A global celebration of cocktails, World Cocktail Day takes place this weekend (Sunday 13th May). Marking the publication date of the first definition of a cocktail, on 13th May 1806, World Cocktail Day is a fair opportunity to indulge. Showcasing the fact that classic whisky cocktails needn’t be limited to the Old Fashioned or Manhattan, this whisky highball recipe features Japanese Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve. A fresh and verdant whisky from Suntory’s distillery in the Southern Japanese Alps, Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve...

If it’s time to choose the speakers for your next event, the pressure is on you to find the right presenter. Ranging from motivation, inspirational and educational speakers, there’s so many to choose from that offer a wide range of benefits. So, how to do you go about finding the right speaker for your event? There are two key questions you need to ask yourself: Who is the audience? What is the purpose of your event? Now let's explore this...

Launched to coincide with National Limerick Day (Saturday May 12th), the three limericks have been created by Romlynn Ramos, Babak Ganjei and Max Wallis giffgaff commissions three limericks exploring the idea of small versus big – a concept explored in their latest brand campaign 'Not Like Them' - Romlynn Ramos We are the small: We are the solution  —The visionaries & not the pollution We’re not like them We are for all —The fighters of inclusion 'Home Made' - Babak Ganjei There's a problem With...

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for all Navy vessels to be built in the UK. There has been speculation that a £1bn contract for three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ships could go to a foreign shipyard. The Ministry of Defence contract is expected to go out to international tender later this month. Visiting Glasgow, the Labour leader said building the ships somewhere in the UK could secure more than 6,500 jobs - 1,800 of these in shipyards....

A crowd of passers-by gathered to watch from the banks as the private-hire vessel slowly dropped further down into the water - named HIGH SOCIETY.

Buying your first car can be a daunting experience and is never something that should be done on a whim. It is an expensive purchase and it requires a lot of thought before you make a huge decision and hand over the cash. There are many things you should think about first. Here are ten things you should know before owning a car. Your budget This is the first step: figure out your budget. You may really want that expensive...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Week 12 preview here. Week 13 preview here. Week 14 preview here. Week 15 here. Week 16 here. Week 17 here. Week 18 here. Week 19 here. Week 20 here. Week 21 here. Week 22 here....

Mansfield 66/67 focuses on the last two years of the Hollywood bombshell’s life and the documentary presents a slightly odd portrayal with much of it focusing on the salacious newspaper column inches that surrounded Mansfield’s final days and her relationship with the founder of the Church of Satan, Anton Lavey. The documentary opens with a title card stating that the film is a “true story based on rumor and hearsay” which is true as there is a line of actual...